Tech News France’s AI summit aims to put EU on the map as 'leading AI continent' The AI Action Summit in France comes after the UK and South Korea hosted the first events on AI, gathering heads of state, international organisation as well as businesses. 02/01/2025
Tech News Time's running out on AI standardisation process, Dutch watchdog warns The pace needs to pick up on the process of standardisation, the watchdog warns, as the provisions of the EU’s AI Act will soon start to apply. 30/12/2024
Tech News New EU rules on common USB-C chargers to come into force Starting on Saturday, all small and medium-sized portable electronic devices sold in the EU must be compatible with USB-C ports to address waste. 27/12/2024
Tech News German parties reveal tech policies ahead of next year's snap election Ahead of the German general election early next year, we look at what some of the biggest parties want to achieve in technology policy. 24/12/2024
Tech News Romanian centre-right party's TikTok campaign used for far-right win A communications agency picked influencers to make TikTok videos about the qualities of a future Romanian president for the centre-right PNL party, endorsing little-known ultranationalist Georgescu instead. 23/12/2024
Tech News EU online rules are not a stick to beat Big Tech, says Dutch watchdog Dutch regulator is receiving first DSA complaints, but is waiting for parliament to transpose the law to have the formal power to act on them. 04/12/2024
Europe News Lawmakers keep TikTok on watch after clashes over Romanian election TikTok says it engaged with Romanian authorities ahead of the election, and follows the EU's online platform rules. 03/12/2024
Tech News Meta didn't notice major disinformation in Romanian election The Big Tech president Nick Clegg said the influence of AI in a year of many elections has been limited. 03/12/2024
Tech News Where is Bluesky? Not here, say Irish, Dutch media regulators The EU Commission is trying to locate where Bluesky set up shop, by asking all 27 national Digital Services Act regulators. 29/11/2024
Tech News EU Parliament will hear candidates for top privacy job on 16 January The current European Data Protection Supervisor mandate ends next week. 29/11/2024
Tech News EU aims to regulate environmental impact of AI through delegated act The EU executive is looking at the energy used by large language models and standard bodies to calculate a benchmark. 28/11/2024
Tech News Romanian authorities ask EU to investigate TikTok role in election TikTok was widely used by the frontrunner in the Romanian presidential election last week. 27/11/2024
Tech News Meta offers EU Commission online teen protection proposal The call comes as several of the incoming Commissioners have named child safety online a top priority. 26/11/2024
Tech News Governments ask EU Commission to beef up cybersecurity agency Enisa The extra financial and human resources would come as the Cybersecurity Act is up for a review. 22/11/2024
Tech News Lawmakers seek Amazon visit, hearing before restoring lobby access Amazon seeks to restore relations with the European Parliament after being denied access earlier in the year for failure to cooperate. 21/11/2024
Tech News Irish privacy watchdog awaiting clarity from EU on AI regulation The incoming government will decide whether to make the Irish data protection authority also the national watchdog for the AI Act. 21/11/2024
Tech News Dutch ministry to check best practices for online content moderation The investigation comes after video sharing application TikTok said it will close its Amsterdam office. 20/11/2024
Tech News EU Data Protection Supervisor hearings likely delayed to January The European Commission has finalised its shortlist but lawmakers fear they have no time to grill candidates this year. 18/11/2024
Tech News EU Parliament to reconsider granting Amazon lobbyists access The lobbyists were stopped from entering the European Parliament last February after they failed to attend hearings. 18/11/2024
Europe News Dutch state secretary to quit over racist remarks after riots The clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters led to international reactions, condemning the violence. 15/11/2024